Intro to Marine Resources - Geography 158


Professor and Teaching Assistant:

    Dave Siegel (Email: davey@icess.ucsb.edu; Phone: 4547; Office: Ellison 6844 ; OH's: W2-3 & F4-5)

      TA: Kristin Landgren (kristin@icess.ucsb.edu; Office: Ellison 6709; OH: XX-X or by appt.)


Meeting Times:

    Lecture:  MWF 1:00-1:50  SH 1431

   Disc 1 - W 3-4; Disc 2 - W 5-6; All in Ellison 2620


Course Description:

A systematized introduction to marine resources focusing on the physical and biological environment of the California Current and our interactions with it.  Resource topics to be covered include fishery management, marine reserves, pollution, recreation, and agency interactions.  Several lectures will be presented by outside experts.

 


Grading:

Grading will be based on success on examinations and a project performed in the discussion sections.  The midterm will count 30%, the final will be 40% and discussion participation and project will count 30%.


Lecture Notes:

     January 5    Lecture 1    Introduction 

     January 7       Lecture 2    Time, space & organism scales

     January 9       Lecture 3     Seawater         Online reading

     January 12     Lecture 4    Geostrophy & ocean currents

     January 14     Lecture 5    Ekman transport & upwelling      Nansen Bio

     January 16     Lecture 6    Currents              Online reading

     January 21     Lecture 7    Nutrients and Primary Production

     January 23     Lecture 8    ENSO                  Online reading

     January 26     Lecture 9    Interannual variations      PDO & Salmon              Online reading

     January 28     Lecture 10   Secondary Production & Food Chains

     January 30     Lecture 11   Fish Production & Food Chains         Online reading

     February 2     Lecture 12    Marine Protected Areas and the Marine Life Protection Act    MLPA webstite     CF&G MLPA Masterplan

     February 4     Lecture 13    Downwelling & larval transport

     February 6     Lecture 14    Sardine, anchovies & climate       Online reading

     February 9     Midterm

     February 11   Lecture 15    Fishing     CF&G Summary for 2007     Full report    

     February 13   Lecture 16    Harmful Algal Blooms

     February 18   Lecture 17    Fishery Management                 Online reading    Sardine FMP

     February 20   Lecture 18    Fisheries & Ecosystems           Online reading     Online reading     Online reading

     February 23   Lecture 19    Harmful Algal Blooms                US National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms

     February 25   Lecture 20     Kelp Forests

     February 27   Lecture 21     Pollution

     March 4         Lecture 22    Oil

     March 6         Lecture 23    Pollution Decisions                Governance online reading          Monitoring Southern California’s Coastal Waters

     March 9         Lecture 24     Charismatic Megafauna

 


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